- Review chapter/study guide introductions and summaries. The theme and main ideas provide a necessary framework for the details you are required to know.
- Review text notes and study guide exercises.
- Locate information for questions missed, marking it with a different color of ink.
- Turn headings/main points into questions.
- Recite information out loud. If you can’t say it, the information is not yet stored in memory, so go back and review it, then try again.
- Make charts, diagrams or graphic organizers to enhance memory of key points.
- Define all terms and any general vocabulary of the subject.
- Know the key people, why they are significant, and their contributions to the field of study.
- Work problems by actually doing them—don’t just look over samples.
- Know important proofs, diagrams, formulas, cycles, etc.
- Review specific information with a study card system:
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